Collins pushes NMS into finals Aggies defeat Drake New Mexico State easily defeated the Drake Bulldogs Saturday, 87-78, in the championship game of the NCAA Midwest Regional held in Allen Field House. The victory puts the Aggies in the NCAA finals to be held this weekend in College Park, Md., where they will meet the UCLA Bruins in a semi-final game. Coach Maury John's Bulldogs stayed with NMS for the first ten minutes before the powerful Aggies, fifth ranked nationally, began to gradually pull away. Leading 23-22, NMS reserve guard Milton Horne hit two free throws with 9:45 left in the first half only to be followed by 6-10 Sam Lacey's 15 foot jump shot and a Roy Neal layin to propel the lead to seven, 29-22, with 8:47 showing on the clock. Drake could never recover from the Aggie surge as New Mexico State held at least a seven point lead the remainder of the game. By halftime the outcome was clearly predictable as New Mexico State led, 47-35, while completely dominating game tempo during the last ten minutes of the half. Jimmy Collins, the Aggies brilliant 6-2 guard who was later named most valuable player in the tournament, and Lacey each had 10 points while Lacey had additionally controlled the backboards with 10 rebounds. The second half was one of frustration for the Bulldogs as all comeback attempts were thoroughly squelched by the Aggies. With 10:01 remaining to play Drake got as close as 11, 61-50, on a Lee Allen jump shot. Collins and Lacey quickly picked up the slack for the Aggies though and with 6:33 showing on the clock NMS led, 74-56. The Bulldogs refused to give BOX SCORE Drake fg-fa> ft-fta reb pf tp Williams 4-15 1-3 14 15 14 Halliburton 8-18 8-8 9 3 24 Bush 6-8 1-6 7 9 3 13 Zeller 4-15 1-1 1 5 9 Sakos 5-8 -0 1 1 5 9 Sakus 0-2 2-4 1 3 2 Wanamaker 1-4 1-2 3 3 3 Salyers 3-5 0-0 0 3 1 Allen 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 Teeter 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 32-19 14-24 37 32 78 N. Mex. St. Burgess fg-fga ft-fta reb pf tp Smith 0-0 0-0 7 2 0 Lacey 2-4 1-3 3 5 2 Criss 5-10 4-7 0 4 14 Collins 9-18 8-10 3 1 36 Henne 2-3 3-4 4 7 Reyes 3-6 7-9 0 4 13 Totals 28-53 31-45 46 22 87 BAKE 28-53 31-45 46 35 43-78 DRAKE 35 43-78 NEW MEXICO STATE 47 43-87 Cats blast Houston in consolation tilt The Kansas State Wildcats climaxed their 1969-70 basketball campaign Saturday by defeating the Houston Cougars, 107-98, to take third place in the NCAA Midwest Regional tournament held in Allen Field House. The victory left K-State with a season record of 20 wins and 8 losses—the first 20 victory season for the Wildcats since 1964. The Houston loss gave the Cougars a 25-5 record and a fourth place finish in the regional. The two teams managed to take the monotony out of a usual consolation game with a rapid run and gun pace that led to a whipping 184 shots taken, 124 rebounds, 52 turnovers and 50 personal fouls. Houston stayed close to the Wildcats for the first seven minutes before a sudden spurt of eight straight K-State points broke a 15-15 tie and proved fatal to the Cougars. Jeff Webb started the fireworks for the 'Cats with a 20 foot jump shot to make it 17-15 with 12:41 remaining in the half. Bob Zender and Jerry Venable followed with quick baskets before another 20 footer by Webb at the 11:19 mark put K-State in front, 23-15. From that point on the two teams played near even as Houston could get no closer than four points while K-State could never build the lead to more than 12. At halftime K-State led 52-46 largely on the strength of Zender, Venable and David Hall. All three had grabbed eight rebounds by the 20-minute mark and Venable led all scorers with 17 points. Zender and Hall were close behind for the Wildcats with 13 points each. 16 KANSAN Mar. 16 1970 K-State hopes of winning appeared to be in jeopardy while leading 82-72 and eight minutes to play. Zender left the game earlier in the half with an eye injury and both Venable and guard Wheeler Hughes had fouled out turning the game into a match between Houston's overall balance and the Wildcats' bench. Led by the sensational play of all-tournament selection Hall, the Wildcats prevailed by using semidelay tactics resulting in numerous layins. up however and outscored the Aggies 22-13 in the time remaining. But the damage earlier inflicted was too extensive and the Aggies left the floor a winner, 87-78. Hall led both K-State scoring and rebounded with 25 and 19 respectively. Venable gave strong scoring support with 24 while Zender hit for 15. Ollie Taylor, Houston's 6-2 jumping-jack, led all scorers with 26 points. The Cougars possessed strong scoring balance with five men in double figure. BOX SCORE Houston 98 fg ft pt pf reb tp Taylor 10-18 6-11 6-11 32 16 Davis 7-14 2-3 4 9 16 Bell 0-0 0-0 1 9 0 Bellen 6-18 5-9 10 10 Welch 5-18 4-5 4 5 14 Hickman 1-12 2-2 3 6 16 Willis 0-3 1-3 0 1 4 Hall 2-5 0-0 1 4 1 Evans 2-5 0-0 3 0 0 Youngdale 2-2 0-0 0 4 0 Totals 39-90 20-33 24 47 98 In a post game interview, conversation with New Mexico State coach Lou Henson centered on the Aggies forthcoming meeting with the UCLA Bruins. Kan. St. 107 fg ft pt pf reb tp Zender 7-13 1-3 3 10 12 Venable 11-26 2-4 3 10 24 12-19 11-3 5 10 24 Webb 7-13 0-0 2 16 Hughes 4-8 1-2 5 5 9 Lawrence 2-4 2-6 3 5 6 Snider 2-4 3-5 3 7 6 Smith 2-6 2-3 7 7 6 Thomas 0-0 1-1 1 1 1 Barber 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Litton 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 47-24 10-36 26 65 107 A UCLA-NMS matchup will be nothing new to NCAA tournament play as the Bruins have defeated the Aggies in the Far West Regional the last two years. For Top Quality Head For Henry's Totals 47-94 13-26 26 65 107 For the Finest Shrimp, Chicken, Hamburgers, etc. Hurry to Henry's 5th & Mo. VI 3-2139 95¢ Other related titles: 2H BOMB On April 22nd the first National Environmental Teach-In will be held at colleges and universities across the nation. If you're asking yourself what can I do, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HANDBOOK will serve as a source of ideas and tactics. Other related titles: THE POPULATION BOMB THE POPULATION by Dr. Paul R. 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